SME: Critical Incident Negotiations
Certified Police Instructor
Certified Firearms Instructor/Armourer
Certified ICITAP Master Instructor
Supervision and Leadership
Degree: Bachelor of Science
Area of Study: Criminal Justice
Professional Membership: ILEETA, IAHN
Office: Toll Free: (855) 4GPSTRAINING
Cell: (843) 246-1072
The Director of Global Police Solutions, Jim brings with him over twenty-five years of law enforcement experience, including three and half years as a Security Policeman/Law Enforcement Specialist, United States Air Force 79’-83’. During his law enforcement career, Jim rose through the ranks from patrolman to the Training Division Commander/Lieutenant with the Horry County Police Department, Horry County South Carolina. Jim is well diversified in law enforcement, as he worked as a Road Patrolman, Corporal, Detective, Major Level Narcotics Task Force Agent, Detective Sergeant, Patrol Sergeant, Training Sergeant and as the Training Lieutenant. As the Training Division Commander, Jim was responsible for managing all training for department officers, as well as conducting the departments hiring and promotional process. Jim is a certified Hostage Negotiator, and has over eighteen years of hostage negotiations experience. Jim served nine years as the Team Commander on the HCPD’s Critical Incident Negotiations Team, and helped to train numerous negotiation teams within the State. Jim is a past President of the South Carolina Crisis Negotiators Association, and served as a founding council member of the National Council of Negotiation Associations sponsored by the Department of Justice, where he helped to write national guidelines for hostage negotiation teams across the country.
In May of 2007, Jim accepted a position with EODT as a Security Supervisor at Camp Shield, Baghdad, Iraq, and later with MPRI as a Senior Police Mentor/Instructor at the Diwaniyah Iraqi Police Training Center, Diwaniyah, Iraq. In July of 2008, Jim transitioned over to DynCorp as a Police Trainer where he served as the Acting Team Lead, Training Team Lead, Acting Regional Commander for Advise and Assist Brigade 5 in South-West Iraq, as well as the Acting Civilian Police Training Team Lead. In 2009 while serving as the Lead Trainer for the Diwaniyah IPTC, Jim was presented with a Certificate of Appreciation for Dedication and Initiative from Lieutenant General Helmick, Commanding General, Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq. Jim brings with him over three years of International Police training and management experience, and is eager to parlay his practical knowledge into quality training for those law enforcement officers who strive to be acknowledged as true professionals in their field.
SME:Narcotics Investigations, Counterdrug Operations, Undercover Operations Investigations
Degree: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Goldey-Beacom College
Professional Membership:The Ashburn Group
Richard J. Cerniglia is a retired Supervisory Special Agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) with over 25 years of overall Law Enforcement Experience and 21 years of Narcotics Investigations, Management, and Training Experience. During his time with the DEA he was assigned to, and conducted investigations as a Special Agent in the Miami Field Division, the Cleveland Resident Office, and the Norfolk Resident Office; and was also assigned to the DEA’s El Paso Intelligence Center, where he served as a Watch Officer,
SME:Firearms Trafficking Investigations
Certified LE Instructor
Certified NRA Instructor
Degree: BS in Criminal Justice, Florida State University
Professional Membership:FLEOA, ASIS International, NADL
Shannon Desmond is a retired Senior Special Agent with the Department of Justice, Bureau of ATF. She has served in law enforcement for a total of 30 years with accomplishments in Complex Conspiracy and Firearms Trafficking Investigations. She began her career in law enforcement as a Deputy Sheriff with the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office in Gainesville, Florida. Following eight years in Patrol and Criminal Investigation Divisions she became a Special Agent with the Government. There, she investigated violations of Federal Firearms,
SME:Domestic Violence Police Specialist
Certified LE Instructor, Bilingual – English/Spanish,
Published Author, Motivational Speaker
Degree: BS in Criminal Justice, Rutgers University
Phi Beta Kappa Society Inductee May 1998
Professional Membership: ILEETA, IACP, National Coalition of Latino Officers – Executive Board, Hispanic American LE Association – Executive Board, NJ Women in Law Enforcement – Advisory Board, Women in Blue – Founder
Captain Donna Roman served in law enforcement for 26 years with the Essex County Police and Caldwell Police Departments in New Jersey. She was the first female officer hired by the Caldwell Police Department and its first female to
SME:Criminal Law, Civil Law, Courtroom Testimony, Trial Advocacy Instructor, Adjunct Professor, HGTC Criminal Justice Program, National District Attorneys Association Instructor, SCCJA Instructor
Degree: University of South Carolina -
Bachelor of Science In Criminal Justice,
Master’s Degree in Education, and a Juris Doctorate
Professional Membership: National District Attorneys Association, SC Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, and the SC Trial Lawyers Association
Bert is an experienced trial attorney having been a supervisor during his employment with the 15 Circuit Solicitor’s Office. During his tenure as a prosecutor he was led counsel in over 100 trials including over 50 murder trials.
SME:Psychology, PTSD Recognition and Treatment
Education: Associate of Divinity in Pastoral Ministry
Bachelor of Science
Master of Psychology
Doctor of Education in Psychology
Area of Study: Psychology
Professional Membership: Clinical Member of The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
Dr. Harry S. (Nick) Spring has been applying psychological expertise in clinical, organizational and academic settings for over Thirty five years. His occupational focus includes PTSD recognition and treatment, psychological evaluation,
SME:Police Trainer
Disciplines of Fire Fighting
CBRNE/Haz-Mat Response
Incident Command/Management
Education: Master’s Degree: Human Resources, Training & Development
Bachelor Degree in Criminal Justice
Greg is a retired Lieutenant from the Middlesex County (NJ) Sheriff’s Office. With 25 years of law enforcement and 28 years of fire service Experience, Greg adds a unique level of experience to the GPS Instructor Staff. He began his law enforcement career as an Officer in the county jail, and later became a parole officer supervising both juvenile and adult caseloads.
SME: Crisis Negotiations
Interview and Interrogation
Degree: Bachelors of Arts.
Area of Study: Criminal Justice
Professional Membership: Delaware Valley Association of Crisis Negotiators,
International Association of Homicide Investigators,
N.O.B.E.L.
Captain Bruce K. DeShields is a highly decorated law enforcement officer who has over 33 years of law enforcement experience. Captain DeShields began his law enforcement career in 1982 with the Richard Stockton Police Department where he worked in the patrol division. In 1984 he transferred to the Department
SME: Certified Police Instructor
Fingerprint Recognition
Crime Scene Reconstruction
Blood Pattern Analysis/Recognition
Ten Print Examination
Forensic Photography
Digital Imaging of Evidentiary Photography
Degree: Bachelor of Science
Area of Study:
Criminal Justice
Forensic Science
AA Degree in Criminal Justice(Crime Scene)
Senior Investigator Caulder is actively employed in law enforcement in the State of South Carolina as a Senior Investigator in the Crime Scene Investigations Unit
Supervisory Special Agent and Unit Chief, Federal Bureau of Investigation (Ret)
SME: Behavioral Analysis
Crisis Intervention
Crisis Negotiation
De-Escalation
Interviewing and Interrogation
Threat Assessment
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Conflict Analysis and Resolution/Negotiation, Nova Southeastern University
Master of Science (M.S.) in Criminal Justice, University of Alabama
Professional Membership: Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences; American Society for Industrial Society International; Association of Threat Assessment Professionals
Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association; International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association; International Association of law Enforcement Firearms Instructors
Gregory M. Vecchi, Ph.D. is a retired Supervisory Special Agent with the Federal Bureau (FBI) of Investigation with over 30 years of total Law Enforcement Experience. Dr. Vecchi is currently an active reserve deputy with the Clinton County Sheriff’s Department, Clinton County Missouri.
SME: Criminal Investigation
Mario is a retired Police Detective from the New York City Police Department. After serving as a Patrolman for the first several years of his career, Mario worked in the investigation aspect of police work, completing his career with the Manhattan Warrant Squad, Violent Predator Task Force, and then as a Squad Detective in Brooklyn North’s Bedford-Stuyvesant area, where he specialized in Robbery and Homicide investigations. In the mid 1990’s, Mario took a one year leave from the Police Department to work with the United Nations in Bosnia, where he was the Human Rights Investigator in Central Bosnia. Upon his retirement from the New York City Police Department, after months of evidence collection at the World Trade Center sites in New York City, Mario relocated to East Tennessee. He served as a Patrolman with the City of Oak Ridge, before taking an assignment with the U.S. State Department in Iraq. During his three and a half year tenure as a Police Advisor and Senior Trainer in Iraq, Mario served more than two years as the Inspector General for Police Training and Advisory Mission country-wide.
In addition to any college-based education, most of which has been obtained at the Central Texas College and University of Maryland European campuses while serving as a Military Policeman in Germany, and John Jay College of Criminal Justice, through the New York City Police Department;
Topics: Defensive Tactics Instructor Trainer -SSGT, Firearms, Tactical Operations, Field Training Officer,
Use of Force
Education: Bachelors of Science, Criminal Justice,
University of Mississippi, FBI National Academy 250,
Cooper Institute Physical Fitness Specialist
Professional Organization: SSGT Board Member, FBINNA, MS
MLEOA, LCLEOA
Biography: Born and raised in Tupelo, MS, Tony graduated from Tupelo High School in 1988. Earning his associates degree from Hinds Community College and then enrolling at the University of Mississippi, Tony was a Decathlete for the Track and Field Program. While earning his Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice at Ole Miss, he remained a member of the University of Mississippi M-Club. After working his first year in Law Enforcement with Mississippi State University Police Department, he returned home to work for Tupelo Police Department in 1996, where he started teaching at North MS Law Enforcement Training Center. He was a member of the SOG unit and S.W.A.T. team.
SME: Defensive Tactics / Firearms Instruction / Less than Lethal Munitions, Certified LE Instructor, SC BID
Certified NRA-LE Instructor, Handgun, Rifle, Shotgun
Certified Defensive Tactics Instructor, PPCT, RAD, Controlled Force Level 2, Certified Active Shooter Instructor, Tactical Operators Instructor
Professional Membership: NRA-LE, South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Association
Tim Brooder is an active police sergeant in the Charleston, SC area. He has served in law enforcement for 16 years. He began his law enforcement career in Goose Creek, South Carolina. Tim became involved in instruction early in his career with Defensive Tactics and Firearms instruction. He worked as a SWAT Team member for eight of those years and has assisted in the creation of many of its functions involving the use of handguns, submachine gun, patrol rifle, and sniper rifle. During this time, Tim worked with Threat Management Groups where he was hired as a DT instructor working alongside EOD Operators from the US Navy and Air Force, as well as being a paid technical and police operations advisor on the TV Show Army Wives for
SME: Search and Seizure, Certified LE and Legal Instructor
Degrees: Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice. Currently in Law School
Zachary (Zach) Miller graduated from Virginia Tech in 2000 and has been a police officer with the James City County Police Department since 2004. He currently manages the training function for the 100-officer agency. Prior to that, he worked as a patrol officer. Zach is a Field Training Officer, General Instructor, Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Senior Instructor, TASER Instructor and Breath Test Operator Instructor. He is a member of the department’s policy review committee and has personally drafted numerous, and subsequently implemented, policies for the agency, including those pertaining to high-liability police activities such use of force, emergency vehicle operation and constitutional policing. In 2017, he was selected by his peers as the James City County Police Department’s Officer of the Year.
Supervision and Leadership Level II 
DETECTIVE LEVEL II 
Critical Incident Negotiations Level I - The Tactical Negotiator 
Field Training Officers Course 
INTERVIEW AND INTERROGATION LEVEL I 
Surveillance Level I 
